help with a christmas card

Hi,

My husband and I spent a month working with street kids in Cusco this summer, and we would like to send them a card for Christmas. Unfortunately, our spanish level is rather low, so we were hoping that someone here would be kind enough to translate our message.

Here's it is:

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We hope you are all doing well. We are back in Canada, but even though we are far away, we haven't forgotten you, and we miss you a lot. We would like to wish you and your families a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. We have a little gift for you, we hope you like it.

We hope you are all doing well. We are back in Canada, but even though we are far away, we haven't forgotten you, and we miss you a lot. We would like to wish you and your families a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. We have a little gift for you, we hope you like it.

I don't know what's customary in Per&#250;, in Argentina we usually write "feliz Navidad y pr&#243;spero A&#241;o Nuevo" on Chrismas cards. But I wouldn't use "pr&#243;spero" in this case, since it's rather formal. Besides, it means "thriving", and it might sound a bit insincere (or at least unrealistic) when addressing to street kids. If you don't want to repeat "feliz", you can say "un excelente A&#241;o Nuevo", "un maravilloso A&#241;o Nuevo", etc.

Moni, why did you translate "present" to "presente" instead of "regalo". I understand that presente is a word in Spanish and that it means present, but wouldn't regalo be more common, especially among street kids?

Smeggo: It's my pleasure to be able to collaborate on such a noble endeavour.

Gentle: You are very right, the semicolon is more appropiate there.

Hpf: I was in doubt, since in Argentina we use "regalo", but I don't know what's customary in Per&#250;. I used "presente" just because I vaguely remind that world as more usual in "neutral Spanish". Maybe "regalo" is the right choice.

In Spanish we don't necessarily have to use the personal pronouns all the time. Sometimes it makes the sentences too long. I would suggest to eliminate a few personal pronouns...even if the audience is kids.